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1971 Dixie 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 33 of 48 Sunday, August 1, 1971 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:52:05 Average speed: 129.061 mph Pole speed: 155.796 mph Cautions: 5 for 48 laps Margin of victory: 2 cl Attendance: 22500 Lead changes: 27 Glossary    1971 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1971 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 43   Richard Petty Pepsi   (Petty Enterprises) '71 Plymouth 328 20220 running 181 2 5 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Mercury 328 9530 running 54 3 18 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '69 Mercury 319 6225 running 0 4 2 3   Charlie Glotzbach Mendenhall Chevrolet   (Richard Howard) '71 Chevrolet 318 4525 running 0 5 20 39   Friday Hassler Friday Hassler '70 Chevrolet 317 3375 running 0 6 6 21   Donnie Allison Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 316 3025 running 0 7 26 88   Ron Keselowski Roger Lubinski '70 Dodge 313 2800 running 0 8 12 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Dodge 312 2525 running 0 9 15 48   James Hylton Madden Food Services / Mullins Ford   (James Hylton) '69 Mercury 312 2275 running 0 10 24 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '70 Ford 312 2000 running 0 11 23 91   Richard D. Brown Junior Fields '71 Chevrolet 309 1750 running 0 12 19 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '69 Mercury 309 1525 running 0 13 17 42   Marty Robbins Coca-Cola   (Marty Robbins) '71 Dodge 309 1350 running 0 14 27 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '70 Plymouth 306 1200 running 0 15 10 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '71 Ford 304 1125 running 0 16 32 53   Bobby Brack Hopper-Crews   (J.C. Crews) '69 Ford 302 1000 engine 0 17 38 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Mercury 299 900 running 0 18 21 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '71 Ford 295 800 running 0 19 13 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '69 Ford 294 725 running 0 20 39 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 293 650 running 0 21 40 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '69 Ford 290 600 running 0 22 35 5   Dick May Doc Faustina '70 Plymouth 268 590 running 0 23 37 46   Earl Brooks Tom Hunter '69 Chevrolet 264 585 engine 0 24 4 6   Pete Hamilton American Brakeblok   (Cotton Owens) '71 Plymouth 249 745 engine 16 25 1 11   Buddy Baker Petty Enterprises '71 Dodge 231 1960 engine 77 26 33 62   Dick Poling Kaye Engineering   (John Keselowski) '69 Dodge 226 570 running 0 27 16 49   G.C. Spencer Presnell Chrysler Plymouth   (G.C. Spencer) '69 Plymouth 164 665 wheel 0 28 28 95   Paul Tyler Paul Tyler '69 Mercury 149 560 engine 0 29 29 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills Heating & Cooling   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 136 555 lug bolt 0 30 25 90   Bill Dennis Junie Donlavey '69 Mercury 131 550 vibration 0 31 14 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '70 Dodge 92 570 suspension 0 32 30 77   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '70 Ford 90 540 engine 0 33 7 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '71 Dodge 86 560 oil cooler 0 34 22 07   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 82 530 engine 0 35 11 18   Joe Frasson Mario Frasson Cement Co.   (Joe Frasson) '70 Dodge 66 550 wheel 0 36 36 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 62 520 transmission 0 37 31 93   Dub Simpson Harold Furr '71 Chevrolet 60 515 engine 0 38 34 47   Raymond Williams Raymond Williams '71 Ford 40 510 transmission 0 39 8 2   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '69 Dodge 38 530 suspension 0 40 9 64   Elmo Langley Woodfield Ford   (Elmo Langley) '69 Mercury 36 525 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 25 25   Richard Petty 26 39 14   Buddy Baker 40 40 1   Pete Hamilton 41 41 1   Buddy Baker 42 42 1   Bobby Allison 43 58 16   Buddy Baker 59 69 11   Richard Petty 70 70 1   Buddy Baker 71 75 5   Bobby Allison 76 77 2   Buddy Baker 78 79 2   Richard Petty 80 84 5   Pete Hamilton 85 92 8   Richard Petty 93 139 47   Bobby Allison 140 149 10   Richard Petty 150 169 20   Buddy Baker 170 170 1   Richard Petty 171 171 1   Bobby Allison 172 176 5   Richard Petty 177 189 13   Buddy Baker 190 218 29   Richard Petty 219 226 8   Buddy Baker 227 228 2   Pete Hamilton 229 235 7   Bobby Allison 236 247 12   Richard Petty 248 288 41   Bobby Allison 289 297 9   Richard Petty 298 328 31